Principia Buys $7M Stake in CrestOptics

In two separate transactions, Bruker Corporation has entered into agreements to acquire in vitro diagnostics manufacturer ELITechGroup (ELITech), and cell imaging company Phasefocus. The acquisitions...

The University of Twente opened its BioImaging Centre, which serves as the core facility for microscopy at the university’s Technical Medical Centre. The facility is equipped with confocal...

Image scanning microscopy (ISM), a superresolution technique enabled by the advent of fast and compact detector arrays, provides signal-to-noise ratio (SNR), optical sectioning, and spatial...

BrightEyes-TTM, an open-source time-tagging module (TTM) developed at the Italian Institute of Technology (IIT), enables scientists to observe the dynamic processes of molecules inside living cells...

The CICERO system from CrestOptics is an all-in-one solution for widefield and confocal imaging, offering integration into existing workflows with configuration flexibility enabling a broad range of...

The SUPERNOVA-600 from Transcend Vivoscope is a miniature microscope for real-time microscopic in vivo imaging of neuronal and cellular activities in the brain. The SUPERNOVA-600 incorporates the...

The BC43 WF and SR from Oxford Instruments Andor are widefield and super resolution, respectively, benchtop microscopes for studying single cell and multicellular organoids, tissue sections, and...

The µ-Plate 24 Well from ibidi GmbH is designed for applications in high-resolution fluorescence, confocal microscopy, and live cell imaging in the growing of cell cultures. Available in a...

As recently as five years ago, shopping for a microscope light source was fairly straightforward. For routine applications, it was tungsten halogen, typically 100 W, while for fluorescence, it was an...

Laser development for the microscopy market continues to be driven by key trends in applications, which currently include superresolution techniques, multiphoton applications in optogenetics and...

When evaluating the surface of a component, surface roughness can be assessed by eye or by rubbing it with a fingertip. Common expressions include “shiny,” “lusterless and...

An interferometer is an instrument that compares the position or surface structure of two objects. The basic two-beam division of amplitude interferometer components consists of a light source, a...

Raman spectroscopy is a powerful non-invasive, non-contact tool capable of identifying molecular constituents of samples. Wavelength selective optical filters are used to block the dominant Rayleigh...

Researchers at Penn State University are spearheading a multidisciplinary research effort to explore ways to produce bioethanol more efficiently from lignocellulose. Importantly, this is not corn...

Overview of Rapid Automated Modular Microscope.

XYZ Tracker keeps a specimen in the field of view and in focus. It uses ASI’s Tunable Lens and a secondary camera to gather images from different focal planes without moving the objective or sample....

This event is supported by the European initiatives presented and is moderated by EPIC, the European Photonics Industry Consortium. The European Commission is helping companies access the...

Additional Q&A - Q: How can I distribute my questionnaire? If I am in the early stage of designing a specific product for India and I know my target audience... How can I reach them? Do you...

When imaging the living human eye, even if a person has perfect vision, blur caused by ocular aberrations of the eye limits resolution. This blur rapidly fluctuates due to a number of factors, such...

Photonics Media invites you to join us for our upcoming FREE digital conference, "Photonics for Ophthalmology." The event will feature several 15-minute online presentations on the use of light-based...

Supercontinuum refers to a broad spectrum of light that spans a wide range of wavelengths, typically from the visible to the near-infrared or even mid-infrared regions of the electromagnetic...

A microlens array is a grid-like structure composed of numerous small lenses, typically arranged in a regular pattern. Each individual lens in the array is referred to as a microlens. These...

A long-pass filter is an optical filter that allows longer wavelengths of light to pass through while blocking or attenuating shorter wavelengths. These filters are designed to transmit light with a...

Aplanatic points refer to specific points in an optical system where certain aberrations, such as spherical aberration or coma, are minimized or eliminated. In an optical system, aberrations are...

This Software Highlight focuses on Fast Mapping in our Ramacle software. Fast Mapping enables the user to acquire Raman maps with significantly reduced acquisition times via more efficient stage...

The Dragonfly 600 confocal microscope system delivers outstanding multi-dimensional images from subcellular (nm) to whole organism (cm), while significantly boosting productivity. Its unrivalled...

On this month's episode of Light Matters, we take you on a brief tour of the Higgins Laboratories at Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI). Quinsigamond Community College and WPI received a $4M grant...

This hands-on session about FD-FLIM by Gerhard Holst from PCO AG was given as part of the FLIM Symposium "Beginners Guide to Fluorescence Lifetime Imaging in Life Sciences".

An ultraviolet microscope is a microscope used either to detect selective absorption of various wavelengths by the specimen or to achieve increased resolution by virtue of the short wavelength of...

CASTECH is a recognized leading supplier of nonlinear optical crystals, laser crystals and precision optical components for laser, telecom, medical, analysis and detector markets. Products...

FOCtek provides customers with all types of custom manufactured lenses, Precision Optical Components, Polarizing Optics, Prisms, Filters, Coatings, Optical Systems, Crystals, Nonlinear Crystals,...

Andor Technology Ltd is a global developer and manufacturer of high-performance scientific cameras, microscopy systems and spectrographs for academic, government, and industrial applications. Founded...

The Optical Engineering Experts® Optikos designs and manufactures metrology products for measuring and assuring optical image quality; and provides optical engineering design, development,...